Category Archives: Winners
2018 Winners
PANZ BOOK DESIGN AWARDS 2018 WINNERS Click on cover images for further information and judges’ comments. Gerard Reid Award for Best Book sponsored by Nielsen Book Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book Upstart Press Award for Best … Continue reading
A Unique, Artful Cookbook Wins at the PANZ Book Design Awards
MEDIA RELEASE – Thursday 20 July 2017 Tonight at the PANZ Book Design Awards when a book really is judged by its cover – and its design – Cazador: game, offal and the rest, written by Dariush Lolaiy and Rebecca … Continue reading
Hachette New Zealand People’s Choice Award Winner
Hachette New Zealand People’s Choice Award 2017 Winner View shortlist | View winners
2017 Young Designer of the Year WINNER
ALLEN & UNWIN YOUNG DESIGNER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2017 Winner Sam Bunny Judges’ Comments Sam Bunny’s portfolio showcases a wonderful range of designs across a number of categories. His work is consistently measured, visually enticing and exhibits a good understanding of … Continue reading
Cazador — game, offal and the rest — HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2017 WINNER
HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2017 Winner Judges’ Comments This well-crafted cookbook really grabs your attention. The whole package is rich with references and meaning. The linen cover, reminiscent of an 1980s tablecloth, creates a nostalgic feel but it also … Continue reading
Annual — Mary Egan Publishing Award for Best Typography 2017 WINNER
Mary Egan Publishing Award for Best Typography 2017 Winner Judges’ Comments The typography in this book design has a hard job to do, a demanding audience, not only the readers but the contributors. So many different voices to accommodate. But, largely the … Continue reading
Extraordinary Anywhere: Essays on Place from Aotearoa New Zealand — Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2017 WINNER
Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2017 Winner Judges’ Comments Intriguing and playful cover, assuming the language of maps, but divulging coordinates of poetry or location details. The restricted colour palette works, and the change of place and change of … Continue reading
Cazador — game, offal and the rest — WINNER 2017 Gerard Reid Award for Best Book sponsored by Nielsen Book
2017 Gerard Reid Award for Best Book Sponsored by Nielsen Book Winner Judges’ Comments Artful…Shortlisted for Best Typography and winner of Best Cover and Best Cook Book, Cazador’s design lifts it above simply a cookbook, it breaks it’s genre and becomes … Continue reading
Cazador — game, offal and the rest — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2017 WINNER
1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2017 Winner Judges’ Comments Brave, classic, yet excitingly contemporary. Cazador’s exquisite production values are immediately seductive. It is beautiful to hold and look at. The blood linen cover, exposed ‘frenched like’ binding (that opens … Continue reading
Annual — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2017 WINNER
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2017 Winner Judges’ Comments The task here was huge with so many different creative voices and visual styles to accommodate and create space for. Whilst the designer’s hand is very much felt it … Continue reading





